Re: Wearable Tech + mobile Audio

Since I've had some experience in this area, I thought I'd take a moment to add my thoughts.

For the most part, smartwatch integration is very limited with vehicles. BMW has an Android Wear app that will remote start a compatible vehicle. Pebble had shown a Mercedes-branded model last year, but don't think anything really came of that. And the Apple Watch should have some further integration as well, particularly for cars that will offer CarPlay.

I do know that if you don't have Bluetooth in your vehicle, you can use the Apple Watch to make or take a call, as well as talk to the person through the watch. And as you noted, you can control music playing in the car through the watch too.

Navigation is another one. You can have spoken turn-by-turn directions go from your phone to your watch — another advantage if your car doesn't have Bluetooth. It's also an easy to glance at your watch before preparing to make a turn or change lanes.

What will be interesting in the future is measuring things like driver fatigue and impairment using wearables. It's likely only a matter of time before sensors in the car communicate with those in the watch.